a gorgeous flower my neighbor gave me
08-24-2011, 10:22 AM
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"Cocks Comb" is the common name, latin name is celosia - there are many different varieties. They're not perennial here in zone 5 where I live (Chicago), but they're sold quite often as annuals.
Very pretty and different.
Very pretty and different.
08-24-2011, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by kriscraft99
She walked over with a hand full of some plants she had pulled up and asked if I wanted them. She said they kept multiplying each year. I wasn't sure what they were, so I dug a hole and planted them. Now it is 2 1/2 months later and look how pretty :)
08-24-2011, 11:05 AM
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there is a neighbor that moved in six months ago around the corner----there WAS a beautiful array of flowers in the yard--they have let them go completely!!! at the front steps--they are lined on either side with hostas..they are turning brown and so compacted---I want so badly to ask if I might separate and replant....what a shame.
And ho wlucky you are for having a sharing neighbor--I did the same when I had my own home...
And ho wlucky you are for having a sharing neighbor--I did the same when I had my own home...
08-24-2011, 11:18 AM
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I just love it... and like others... Cocks comb is what first came to mind, but it's so BIG!!! I"ve never seen them that tall.....
I answered an ad in our local newpaper this morning, FREE PLANTS , COME DIG. I picked up some ribbon grass, 3 varieties of hostas, ostrich ferns, Stella De Oro lilies, and a varigated sedum..... YEAH!!!! The lady has a bad back and can't care for the flower beds any more... So they had to go.... I have sucha small yard... but I couldn't resist... there were so many other things left..... but I had no room, or already had those varieties.
I thinned my beds last year via freecycle...
I answered an ad in our local newpaper this morning, FREE PLANTS , COME DIG. I picked up some ribbon grass, 3 varieties of hostas, ostrich ferns, Stella De Oro lilies, and a varigated sedum..... YEAH!!!! The lady has a bad back and can't care for the flower beds any more... So they had to go.... I have sucha small yard... but I couldn't resist... there were so many other things left..... but I had no room, or already had those varieties.
I thinned my beds last year via freecycle...
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